In-depth Steuben County, NY Property Tax Information

In order to determine the tax bill, your local tax assessor’s office takes into account the property’s assessed value, the current assessment rate, as well as any tax exemptions or abatements for that property.

You can see all factors used to determine the tax bill and find more information on your property of interest by opening the full property report.
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In New York State, the real property tax is a tax based on the value of real property. Counties, cities, towns, villages, school districts, and special districts each raise money through the real property tax. The money funds schools, pays for police and fire protection, maintains roads, and funds other municipal services enjoyed by residents.

Market Value

Market value is determined by the Department of Taxation and Finance and reflects the amount of money a buyer would be willing to pay a seller for property offered for sale on an open market, over a reasonable amount of time, where both the buyer and seller are well informed and neither is under undue pressure to act.

Land value

$24,500

Building value

+

$81,500

Market value

=

$106,000

Assessed Value

In New York State each municipality is authorized to assess the property at market value or some fraction of market value. The assessed value is a uniform percentage of the market value of the property as of January 2 for any given year. Equalization rates are calculated each year to reflect that year's assessment roll and current market values for each assessing unit. For this property, the equalization ratio is: 100.00%.

Land assessed value

$24,500

Building assessed value

+

$81,500

Assessed value

=

$106,000

Exemptions

Steuben County offers several exemptions that qualified homeowners can apply for, such as Veterans, Senior Citizen, Cold War Veterans, Volunteer Firefighters and Ambulance Workers, Limited Income Disability, or Home Improvement exemptions. Also, New York State School Tax Relief Program (STAR) provides homeowners who earn less than $500,000 and own and live in their home with two types of partial exemptions from school property taxes.

Property Tax

Property tax is calculated by multiplying the assessed value with the corresponding tax rates.Current tax represents the amount the present owner pays, including exemptions or reductions.Base tax is an estimate of what an owner not benefiting from tax exemptions or reductions would pay.Actual taxes might differ from the figures displayed here due to various abatement and financial assistance programs.

Notice that we used 2012 tax rates since 2013 tax rates are not available yet.

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